What Happened to July?!

After Apple Garden at Bear Lake, we dropped off the grandkids, picked up another one, and headed to Emmett. Marissa spend a few days with us and we really enjoyed her. She is almost twelve years old and we felt we got to know her a little better. She learned how to knit. With a little more practice, she will be able to make a dishrag for her mom.

The two weeks were really busy. Terry had a list of things to do on the trailer. He had to replace the valves on the sewer because they were leaking.

We had bought a lot of cleaning stuff to try to get the Condo shiny. In some of the parks we go to, it is one of the older RVs. We wanted it to at least be shiny.

Ryan and his family were in the process of finding a home to rent/buy in Emmett. They have been living in Meridian. We were close enough to get to have the kids once in a while and were able to help a little with the move.

I had lots of fun "playing" with the kids, Chaz, Ryley, and Wesley.

Wesley and Ryley were "helping" Aunt Lorrie water her garden!

After two weeks at home, we headed to McCormick Park at Hells Canyon on the Snake River. It is one our favorite places to be. We have been going there with our family every weekend after the 4th of July for many years.

Jenna and Kamber were all curled up with curlers I gave them from a yardsale find.

Boe is one of the best fishermen. Dad and Grandpa have a hard time keeping up with him!
Jenna and Emily are "best cousins" all wrapped up in a life jacket.

We found a float tube at a yard sale and then Lorrie's son Marc gave us one he had hanging in his garage for a long time. We all had so much fun going out on them, until the one Marc gave us just kind of fell apart because the fabric had kind of rotted. This picture is my brother Ron and his wife Kathy going out.

Marissa and Heidi having a "mother/daughter" hug.

Ron and Kathy with their son-in-law Than, their daughter Destiny, and their grandson Gerrick.

Sarah, Jill, and Ryan's wife Lori with Chaz, enjoying the day.

Lori, Chaz, Ryan, Shay, and Jill's husband Dan, enjoying a meal.

A great group of grandkids!

Terry and my brother Bill, who started this whole event for our family when he started coming to McCormick Park with friends from Boring, OR, almost 20 years ago.

We always find time to play games. Mexican Train with dominoes is one of our favorites. Here is Jill, Than, Shay, and Bill playing.

All of my brothers except one, and my sister, and some of their family members came also. This is my brother Frank's daughter Natalee and his wife Andy.

For many years while going to McCormick, we were limited to how long we could stay because of always having to go back to work. This year, we got there before anyone else and stayed until everyone else had gone! Retirement is great!

We left McCormick Park and went to Redmond Oregon to a four-day RV Rally. We had a really good time. We met lots of people, went to a lot of seminars where we learned tons, had great entertainment, and spent more money at the vendor booths. There were over 5,000 people there, all parked in RV's in the parking lots aroundthe fairgrounds. After it was over, we left at 5:30 in the morning to beat the rush and headed back to Emmett.